AltWeeklies Wire
Medeski, Martin & Wood Put Out Child-Friendly Acid Jazznew
Instrumental interludes -- gentle, curious, perfect segues between sleepy time and playtime -- break up humorous tales ("Pirates Don't Take Baths") and straight-ahead grooves ("Let's Go," the great, funky "Where's the Music").
Shepherd Express |
Todd Lazarski |
04-18-2008 |
Reviews
Approachable Appealnew
Massage your viscera? Buzz through your brain? Indian Jewelry does both marvelously.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Free Gold!, Indian Jewelry
Intoxicating Dosesnew
Sleep Forever stands as evidence of the destruction of the myth of the sophomore slump
Tucson Weekly |
Annie Holub |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Sleep Forever, The Big Sleep
The Port Huron Statement's Straight-Up Indie Rocknew
It's fitting that Man of the Match opens with a brief instrumental that recalls "Auld Lang Syne." To these straying ears, the invocation is a welcome to genre: "Hello, indie rock, my old friend. It's been awhile."
The Strugglers Last Album?new
Whether The Latest Rights proves a terminus or simply the start of a slow cessation for The Strugglers -- a band that's always treated the trials of melancholy like a reason to continue -- it's a brilliant climax.
Del's Def Jux Debut is Inconsistentnew
Eleventh Hour outpaces most of what you hear in contemporary hip-hop, but it's not classic Del.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
04-17-2008 |
Reviews
Dusty York Creates Another Praiseworthy Albumnew
In addition to his own music, York's an advocate for pushing Portland jazz in new, inventive directions -- primarily through his label, Diatic Records
Willamette Week |
Lance Kramer |
04-16-2008 |
Reviews
The Architects Get Catchynew
With Vice, the group amps up its sound to arena-rocking levels, throwing in plenty of gang vocals and melodic hooks to make sure it reaches the proles in the cheap seats.
Cat Shell Channels a Classic Sound with Soul and Savvynew
As a self-described 20-something, Cat Shell is far too young to be have been stung by the bitter circumstances that afflicted her torch-singing forebears like Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Bessie Smith.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Lee Zimmerman |
04-15-2008 |
Reviews
'Love and Circuits' Captures America's Current Musical Undergroundnew
Cardboard Records founders Dan Friel and BJ Warshaw explain the comp in no humble terms: a representation of "the current underground scene as a whole." And it's a fair approximation, at least within the bounds of white twentysomethings' fickle tastes.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
04-15-2008 |
Reviews
Lucero's Redneck Emo: Why Not?new
What Lucero espouses is mostly this: overtly sensible, poppy rock 'n' roll with an introspective vibe.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
04-14-2008 |
Reviews
The Black Keys Expand Its Sound -- Slightynew
Attack & Release, the Keys' fifth album, may be a reaction to those accusations of repetitiveness; it's a small step out of their little room and into something larger.
The Memphis Flyer |
Stephen Deusner |
04-11-2008 |
Reviews
Comeback Againnew
Almost two decades after their "comeback" with Cosmic Thing, The B-52s return with a worthy competitor.
Tucson Weekly |
James Hudson |
04-10-2008 |
Reviews
